Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 30, 2022

Perfect solution, Elvis. Now you just have to hope that the people don’t need to buy a new fridge any time soon!

Hilarious! Some orbsters guessed this would happen!

Everybody is happy about it except Lupin. He has NO idea how annoying it was. Whipping it under fridge is a great solution!

Ding- dong the bell is gone … and that is the end of Lupin’s Ring of Terror …

Elvis bowls a strike. Nice English on that one, Elvis!

Such a long, sad, final dinnnnnnnng. Poor lonely little bell, condemned to exile amongst the dust bunnies and other kitchen detritus—unless the robber mouse gang finds it and decides it would make a great soccer ball!

Wow. Have we ever seen such a big pout on Lupin?

Score!!!!

Consigned to Mount Frigidoom! Now, will the people notice and buy a new bell?

I do on occasion fish cat toys from under the fridge, so this might not be the last we see of the bell.

Under the oven might have been a better idea. We occasionally pull the fridge out to clean underneath. The only time I can remember pulling out the oven was when we bought a new one. Of course, you can get underneath some ovens by pulling the drawer out, so maybe it would actually be easier to find there.

Matching smiles from Goldie and Elvis!

Do you think this is over? I’m not sure.

GUESS WHAT, ORB?!! ❤

Poor Lupin.

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I won that bell, won it fair and square,

And decided what right there and then

I’m gonna toss it right away, under the fridge it will stay,

We don’t have to listen to it again!

…….

Now it’s gone, now it’s gone,

I do not miss it now it’s gone!

I do not miss it in any way,

Under the fridge it can stay!

I do not miss it now it’s gone!

Now it’s gone, now it’s gone,

I do not miss it now it’s gone,

There is now no need to act up,

Cannot pour from a frazzled cup,

I do not miss it now it’s gone!

Well done, Elvis! He has a good point about his frazzled nerves, the dude deserves some peace, even at Lupin’s expense. We can only hope the People don’t need to look under there anytime soon.

My two can make enough noise, they don’t need collars with bells.

Poor Lupin. As devilish and annoying as he can be to the other cats, he was proud of his “award.” Clueless as he was at to why he received it!

One less bell to answer…

One lost prize gone by

One less cat is dingin’ after

Many are happy

But Lupin wonders why

- Hal David / Burt F Bacharach – One Less Bell to Answer – The 5th Dimension

Oh poor Lupin, that bell was his prize possession, he had so much fun with it:(

I often pour from a frazzled cup

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Our Lupin likes to know stuff under the fridge, then expects my husband to get it out for him with the fly swatter. Don’t know exactly when this started but now it is a daily must do ritual. Should see Lupin “beg” for his “swatting”

You did the right thing, Elvis. Way to go!

I love the frown on Lupin’s face. He deserves this. Congrats, Elvis!

Georgia, weren’t you the least bit tempted to have Elvis say “I’m going to Disneyland!” ? :)

Until someone actually move the fridge, that’s the last we’ll see of that annoying bell. Bravo, Elvis!

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He got rid of the bell but has developed a serious case of Cliched Slang Syndrome. :)

Under the fridge, fires of Mount Doom, practically the same thing really.

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The Lord of the Rings would’ve been over in five paragraphs if Frigidaire had been a thing in the Shire.

My late loving wife and I used bells on our Chihuahua’s and our deaf Catahoula, we had a drawer full of bells. As far as the fridge, we used to give plastic bottle caps to our Munchkin when she was alive and I still found some last year and she died quite a few years ago. My loving wife used to give her Oriental Shorthair cats the cap from MIL’s insulin syringes and I still pull them from under the fridge and couch and it is 14 months since she died.

I have to say, I’m glad my dog knows how to use his tags to get my attention. He likes to sleep in, and that way I can hear him to get him down off the bed when he wants to get up (and doesn’t feel like getting down himself, which is most of the time). It’s also special cuddle time.

Downside is, sometimes he’s just shaking and settling back down again!

Wait, he’s not? going? Disneyland? This is breach of contract!

The bell hasn’t finished tolling. In our previous house we had a TV cabinet that wasn’t flush with the floor. I had to jury rig a (toy) mouse barrier for it.

Now I feel a little sorry for Lupin. Only a little, mind you.

I went a-googling, or rather, a-duckduckgo-ing for “I can’t pour from a frazzled cup.” Nothing. Closest is “I can’t pour from an empty cup.” Okay, I kind of get it, but wouldn’t “I can’t pour from an empty pitcher” make more sense? (I find out about current slang from BCN, lol.)

Might be worse than being around Lupin’s neck.

Well… now I’m wondering if Tusselmania is about to get restarted in earnest, with Lupin attacking Elvis.

Hooray for Elvis!Woman, do not bring another bell into the house.